ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,022, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC (Stone Mountain, Ga.).
"System and method for decoupling compressors and switching refrigerant flow based on ambient temperature" was invented by Daqing Li (Snellville, Ga.) and Shitong Zha (Snellville, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for switching the flow path of refrigerant with decoupled compressors is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a detected ambient temperature from a temperature sensor circuit. The method further comprises determining whether the detected ambient temperature is less than a threshold ambient temperature. The method...